I watch City pretty much every week (best mate is a fan) and rarely see a game where he doesn't have a significant positive impact. Yes, he may not make the impact in the final third every week- but that is not the job he has been tasked with more often than not.

Toure has immense technique and does a very good job of keeping the ball moving and opening up the channels, which allows the more active players to adopt a free role ahead of him.

fa cup? or was it carling cup? final is a prime example... he was anonymous. Theres loads of games where he just isnt the yaya who just destroys teams. It's more of a rarity where he rocks up and destroys people than when he doesnt

e's on like 300k a week, youd expect ronaldo esque form for such money - rarely does he dominate for more than 2 games in a row

There are no midfielders currently who absolutely dominate every game, and those who are close are typically box-to-box midfielders. Toure plays in a defensive midfield role(just a little further forward than Fernandinho) where he leaves alot of the creative work to Silva, Nasri, Aguero and Negredo while he mops up and pushes the ball further up the field. It's a bit of a thankless task and people overlook it for offensive contribution, but that's not the player that Yaya is.